Blue, pink, purple. Black and white. Riots of cartoon-bright hues. Verdi. Hindemith.

An art must forever renew itself. Thus, in a pattern

“Early music” (typically pre-1800) has caught on in the United

Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet (1965), a company debut for Pennsylvania Ballet, dwells

What if you had lots of talent, fame, friends, faves,

Reach – quiver – look – step – touch…. The

For the last several summers, the magical music festival in Mt.

Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), Paul Taylor (b. 1930), Trisha Brown (1936-2017)—what

I didn’t expect to, but I loved Pennsylvania Ballet’s Swan Lake. Why?

A man of many parts—dancer, choreographer, director, visual artist, writer,

As a person who qualifies for senior discounts on public

When was the last time you actually had fun seeing

It’s two minutes before the end of the UArts class

It was, for sure, an experience. After dutifully doffing shoes

Settling into my seat at the new Proscenium Theatre at

Amy Aldridge danced her last show with Pennsylvania Ballet on

Harem girls, lovable pirates, and befuddled pashas constitute the world

Seven stacks of neatly folded clothing; seven distinct light looks;

New music/classical music; live music/live dance; dancing bodies/tangled textiles. These

This performance communicated a sense of both struggle and accomplishment

Nichole Canuso’s Pandaemonium, one of FringeArts’ curated shows this year, is

Looking out the glass doorway and wide front windows of Frieda’s

Rio. Brussels. Jerusalem. Dallas. Nice. Turkey. Baton Rouge — a

Thirty shows of improvisational collaboration—that’s something! Such is Mascher Space’s

He was a Great Name in the dance world when

Don Quixote is known in the ballet world as something of

Tiny worlds unfold in each woven work by Asimina Chremos,

Nature or nurture—which most powerfully determines human behavior? This “sociological

This past Sunday, I saw the ridiculous and the sublime

Two thINKingDANCE authors intertwine their takes on performances at the

They can do it all: Pennsylvania Ballet dancers, that is. The opening

Three Sisters and a Wolf is a first entry to the

One of the advantages of a showcase or festival-style summer

Lynn Matluck Brooks is a thINKingDANCE writer and editor. Christopher

Serge Diaghilev, legendary impresario of the Ballets Russes, instructed his

Flamenco evolved in intimate environments—back-street cafés, the caves of Granada,